This
paper is an evaluation of John Locke's labour theory of property.
Section I sets out Locke's labour view. Section II addresses several
possible objections, including against the conceptual coherence of
Locke's argument, against the metaphysical implications of his view, as
well as foundational criticisms of the moral significance of labour and
of my relations with objects that are grounded in labour under certain
conditions and circumstances. I attempt to address each of these
criticisms in a Lockian spirit, which will require strange metaphysical
moves. The final Section raises further objections that are more
significant because they cannot be squared with the labour view.